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Financing sustainable development – What can we learn from the Australian experience of reform?

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  • Wayne Swan

    (MP, formerly the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia)

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Finance is fundamental to supporting sustainable development. It drives investment and jobs, which is the way most people escape poverty. Countries in the developing world face significant financing needs as they seek to modernize their economies, hence the importance of mobilizing all forms of finance (domestic, international, public and private) and ensuring they are put to their most effective use.

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  • Wayne Swan, 2015. "Financing sustainable development – What can we learn from the Australian experience of reform?," Asia-Pacific Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), vol. 22(2), pages 135-164, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:unt:jnapdj:v:22:y:2015:i:2:p:135-164
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    Keywords

    Sustainable development; economic growth; Australia; development finance;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O56 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Oceania
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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